Bottom Line: Anyone looking for an entertainment laptop should be excited when they discover that the Sony VAIO VPC-EB13FX/BIC comes with a bright 15.5-inch display, Blu-ray drive, HDMI-out, and a generous 500GB hard drive. But less-than-stellar battery life, no real 3D gaming potential, and a relatively high price tag might make you want to look elsewhere.

Bottom Line: The Plustek OpticBook 3600 can scan loose pages, including photos, but it does its best work with books. Special-purpose software takes some of the work out of scanning book pages, and the design effectively eliminates the shadow that typically shows up on the spine edge of a book page.